Rail-joint.



J.- L. EVERETT.

RAIL JOIN-T. APPLlCATlON FILED A\ JG.14, 191s.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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JOHN L. EVERETT, .OF BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed August 14, 1918. Serial No. 249,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN. L. Evnnn'r'r, a citizen of the United States,resldmg at Berkeley Springs, in the county of Morgan .as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of two ralls connected in accordance withthis invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 33 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line l- 1 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view approximatelyon the line 55 ofFig. 1; and

Fig. 6. is a perspective view of the rail chair.

In the drawings, two alining rails are indicated by the numerals 5, thesame resting on ties 6, and being secured to the said ties in the usualmanner.

The connecting means for the alining rails includes a chair 7.

The chair comprises a base 8 that is of a length to rest upon at leasttwo of the ties but may, of course, be longer so as to rest on three ormore of the ties. The base is formed, on its edges with upstandingportions 9 formed with inwardly extending angularly disposed flanges 10that overlie Formed on 11. The upstanding members 9, horizontal flanges10, and straight plates 11 are spaced away from each other a greaterdistance at the ends of the joint than at the center thereof, so thatthe rails may bev freely passed into the chair from the opposite ends ofthe chair.

The upstanding edges 9 of the chair are notched at suitable intervals asindicated by the numerals 12 and through these notches pass spikes 13that enter the ties 6. The

vertical plates are provided with alining openings which register withthe bolt openings in the rails. The openings in one or in both of theplates are surrounded by hexagonal pockets 14. These pockets aredesigned to receive nuts 15 that engage with the bolts 16 that passthrough the referred to openings in the side plates of the chair andthrough the openings in the webs of therails. The sides of the chair,outward of the bolt openings therein are provided with reinforcing ribs17, the said ribs being arranged on the plates 11, flanges 10 andupstanding edges 9 of the base 8. The ribs are formed with spacedtransverse depressions or flutes 18, so that the ribs are substantiallycorrugated which materially strengthens the same. In addition to the endribs 17, the chair is provided with a central rib 19 which is likewiseprovided with transverse corrugations and the central rib is of agreater width than the end rib.

It is believed, from the foregoing description, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of construction and theadvantages thereof will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

A chair for connecting two railway rails having its rail receiving spacewider at its ends than at its center, corrugated reinforcing ribs on thesides of the chair, said chair having its vertical plates provided withbolt openings, and said bolt openings, upon the Outer face of the saidsides having squared depressions forming pockets to receive the nutswhich engage with the bolts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN L. EVERETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0.

